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Air Pollution Effects Everyone
You can’t hide from it, even inside your own home. Did you know that a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found indoor air can actually be more polluted than the air outdoors? Since most of us spend up to 90 percent of each day indoors, you may be experiencing indoor air pollution without even knowing it. Modern buildings are sealed tightly to conserve energy, but this also seals in mold, pollen, bacteria & other pollutants. Since EPA ranks indoor air pollution among the top five environmental risks to public health, there is reason to be concerned.
Just conceder these facts:
- We take 20,000 breaths a day, breathing in 50,000 pollution particles each breath
- The average American breathes 3,400 gallons of air each day, making ambient air pollution a major environmental problem.
- 99% of the particles in a normal air sample are less than 10 microns and can be inhaled and slip past the body’s natural defenses and into the lungs.
- Indoor Air levels of many pollutants may be 2-5 times, and occasionally more than 100 times higher than outdoor levels.
- 9 out of 10 breaths we draw are likely to be indoors…
- Poor indoor air quality can cause: Asthma, Headaches, Dry Eyes, Nasal Congestion, Fatigue and Nausea.
- The Environmental Protection Agency ranks poor indoor air quality among the top five environmental risks to public health.
- Air pollution contributes to lung disease, which claims close to 341,500 lives in America every year and is the third-leading cause of death in the U.S.
- Approximately 160 million Americans are breathing unhealthy air, Children and Seniors are the age group most at risk.
- Residences are recommended to have at least .35 air changes per hours.
activTek destroys 99.9% of bacteria, viruses & germs on household surfaces. The activTek Induct 2000 “Air Scrubber” is designed to help eliminate Indoor Air Quality risks(also known as sick building syndrome) by reducing pet & cooking odors, air pollutants, VOCs (chemical odors), smoke, mold, bacteria, and viruses.
Call Marraccini today to have your “air scrubber” installed and protect your family!
